Friday, August 10, 2007

Presto Pasta Night Roundup #24

Where did the week go? I can't believe it's Friday already, but it is and another wonderful Presto Pasta Night is here. Lots of fresh produce from the garden - tomatoes, zucchini, snow peas and more. This time around, though, the focus seems to be on using unique pasta shapes to go along with some incredible sauces.

Rosa Jackson shares a wonderful story, great photos and a terrific recipe for Homemade Tortellini. Seriously...how cute is that tortellini? Sounds like a fantastic rainy day project with or without kids .

Katie from Thyme For Cooking is back with a very funny post about salads. She shares this beautiful Fresh Tomato & Green Olive Salad. Check it out and then let us know which camp you fall into - salad HAS to have lettuce vs. anything cold with a dressing is ALSO a salad.

Rebeca of Dinner at the Yellow House hasn't been around PPN lately, but she's back, I'm pleased to say and shares a great dish of Prawns with Snow Peas. She's looking for other ways to serve up the snow peas inadvertantly planted in her garden. Personally, I love them right off the vine in a salad. They're so crunchy and delish.

And now for me...I'm still hunting for the pasta pot. Thank goodness for the fantastic Italian Market 5 minutes away. We had 4 kinds of lasagna...my pick - the mushroom & ricotta.

Remember - anyone out there with a pasta dish, I will continue to add submissions until Saturday . After that, I will add them to next week's PPN Event. So don't forget to join in with the rest of us Presto Pasta Nighters. It's easy and fun. Remember that ALL noodles dishes count as pasta and "presto" (ready) or "lento" (slow) are perfect. Find out how right here. In the meantime... Happy Pasta Eating!!!